According to the announcement of the Ukrainian nuclear energy company, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant occupied by the Russians has been completely shut down.

Energoatom (the Energoatom state agency responsible for the power plant) announced on Telegram on Sunday that

As a »safety measure«, the last operating reactor, the sixth, was shut down early Sunday morning, shortly before four o'clock."

Guardian reported .

Antecedent

On Wednesday, Kiev called on residents of Russian-occupied areas around Europe's largest plant to evacuate for their own safety. Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of bombing the nuclear power plant.

Featured image: Video footage of a storage facility at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Enerhodar, southeastern Ukraine on August 7, 2022, released by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense. Photo: MTI/EPA//Press service of the Ministry of Defense of Russia